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Prager-Khoutorsky M, Lichtenstein A, Krishnan R, Rajendran K, Mayo A, Kam Z, Geiger B, Bershadsky AD. Fibroblast polarization is a matrix-rigidity-dependent process controlled by focal adhesion mechanosensing. Nat Cell Biol 2011; 13:1457-65. [PMID: 22081092 DOI: 10.1038/ncb2370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 405] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cell elongation and polarization are basic morphogenetic responses to extracellular matrix adhesion. We demonstrate here that human cultured fibroblasts readily polarize when plated on rigid, but not on compliant, substrates. On rigid surfaces, large and uniformly oriented focal adhesions are formed, whereas cells plated on compliant substrates form numerous small and radially oriented adhesions. Live-cell monitoring showed that focal adhesion alignment precedes the overall elongation of the cell, indicating that focal adhesion orientation may direct cell polarization. siRNA-mediated knockdown of 85 human protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) induced distinct alterations in the cell polarization response, as well as diverse changes in cell traction force generation and focal adhesion formation. Remarkably, changes in rigidity-dependent traction force development, or focal adhesion mechanosensing, were consistently accompanied by abnormalities in the cell polarization response. We propose that the different stages of cell polarization are regulated by multiple, PTK-dependent molecular checkpoints that jointly control cell contractility and focal-adhesion-mediated mechanosensing.
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Rubenstein EM, Schmidt MC. Mechanisms regulating the protein kinases of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2007; 6:571-83. [PMID: 17337635 PMCID: PMC1865659 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00026-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Eric M Rubenstein
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, W1247 Biomedical Science Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Forrest ARR, Taylor DF, Fink JL, Gongora MM, Flegg C, Teasdale RD, Suzuki H, Kanamori M, Kai C, Hayashizaki Y, Grimmond SM. PhosphoregDB: the tissue and sub-cellular distribution of mammalian protein kinases and phosphatases. BMC Bioinformatics 2006; 7:82. [PMID: 16504016 PMCID: PMC1395337 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-7-82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 02/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Protein kinases and protein phosphatases are the fundamental components of phosphorylation dependent protein regulatory systems. We have created a database for the protein kinase-like and phosphatase-like loci of mouse that integrates protein sequence, interaction, classification and pathway information with the results of a systematic screen of their sub-cellular localization and tissue specific expression data mined from the GNF tissue atlas of mouse. Results The database lets users query where a specific kinase or phosphatase is expressed at both the tissue and sub-cellular levels. Similarly the interface allows the user to query by tissue, pathway or sub-cellular localization, to reveal which components are co-expressed or co-localized. A review of their expression reveals 30% of these components are detected in all tissues tested while 70% show some level of tissue restriction. Hierarchical clustering of the expression data reveals that expression of these genes can be used to separate the samples into tissues of related lineage, including 3 larger clusters of nervous tissue, developing embryo and cells of the immune system. By overlaying the expression, sub-cellular localization and classification data we examine correlations between class, specificity and tissue restriction and show that tyrosine kinases are more generally expressed in fewer tissues than serine/threonine kinases. Conclusion Together these data demonstrate that cell type specific systems exist to regulate protein phosphorylation and that for accurate modelling and for determination of enzyme substrate relationships the co-location of components needs to be considered.
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- Alistair RR Forrest
- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre in Bioinformatics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre in Bioinformatics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre in Bioinformatics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre in Bioinformatics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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- Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
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- Genome Exploration Research Group (Genome Network Project Core Group), RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center (GSC), RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0045, Japan
- Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198, Japan
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- The Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
- The Australian Research Council Centre in Bioinformatics, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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Kostich M, English J, Madison V, Gheyas F, Wang L, Qiu P, Greene J, Laz TM. Human members of the eukaryotic protein kinase family. Genome Biol 2002; 3:RESEARCH0043. [PMID: 12225582 PMCID: PMC126868 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-9-research0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2002] [Revised: 07/04/2002] [Accepted: 07/10/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Eukaryotic protein kinases (EPKs) constitute one of the largest recognized protein families represented in the human genome. EPKs, which are similar to each other in sequence, structure and biochemical properties, are important players in virtually every signaling pathway involved in normal development and disease. Near completion of projects to sequence the human genome and transcriptome provide an opportunity to identify and perform sequence analysis on a nearly complete set of human EPKs. RESULTS Publicly available genetic sequence data were searched for human sequences that potentially represent EPK family members. After removal of duplicates, splice variants and pseudogenes, this search yielded 510 sequences with recognizable similarity to the EPK family. Protein sequences of putative EPK catalytic domains identified in the search were aligned, and a phonogram was constructed based on the alignment. Representative sequence records in GenBank were identified, and derived information about gene mapping and nomenclature was summarized. CONCLUSIONS This work represents a nearly comprehensive census and early bioinformatics overview of the EPKs encoded in the human genome. Evaluation of the sequence relationships between these proteins contributes contextual information that enhances understanding of individual family members. This curation of human EPK sequences provides tools and a framework for the further characterization of this important class of enzymes.
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- Mitch Kostich
- Discovery Technology, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, USA.
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Vartiainen M, Ojala PJ, Auvinen P, Peränen J, Lappalainen P. Mouse A6/twinfilin is an actin monomer-binding protein that localizes to the regions of rapid actin dynamics. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:1772-83. [PMID: 10669753 PMCID: PMC85359 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.5.1772-1783.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In our database searches, we have identified mammalian homologues of yeast actin-binding protein, twinfilin. Previous studies suggested that these mammalian proteins were tyrosine kinases, and therefore they were named A6 protein tyrosine kinase. In contrast to these earlier studies, we did not find any tyrosine kinase activity in our recombinant protein. However, biochemical analysis showed that mouse A6/twinfilin forms a complex with actin monomer and prevents actin filament assembly in vitro. A6/twinfilin mRNA is expressed in most adult tissues but not in skeletal muscle and spleen. In mouse cells, A6/twinfilin protein is concentrated to the areas at the cell cortex which overlap with G-actin-rich actin structures. A6/twinfilin also colocalizes with the activated forms of small GTPases Rac1 and Cdc42 to membrane ruffles and to cell-cell contacts, respectively. Furthermore, expression of the activated Rac1(V12) in NIH 3T3 cells leads to an increased A6/twinfilin localization to nucleus and cell cortex, whereas a dominant negative form of Rac1(V12,N17) induces A6/twinfilin localization to cytoplasm. Taken together, these studies show that mouse A6/twinfilin is an actin monomer-binding protein whose localization to cortical G-actin-rich structures may be regulated by the small GTPase Rac1.
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- M Vartiainen
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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LaPierre LA, Casey JW, Holzschu DL. Walleye retroviruses associated with skin tumors and hyperplasias encode cyclin D homologs. J Virol 1998; 72:8765-71. [PMID: 9765420 PMCID: PMC110292 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.11.8765-8771.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/1998] [Accepted: 07/20/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Walleye dermal sarcoma (WDS) and walleye epidermal hyperplasia (WEH) are skin diseases of walleye fish that appear and regress on a seasonal basis. We report here that the complex retroviruses etiologically associated with WDS (WDS virus [WDSV]) and WEH (WEH viruses 1 and 2 [WEHV1 and WEHV2, respectively]) encode D-type cyclin homologs. The retroviral cyclins (rv-cyclins) are distantly related to one another and to known cyclins and are not closely related to any walleye cellular gene based on low-stringency Southern blotting. Since aberrant expression of D-type cyclins occurs in many human tumors, we suggest that expression of the rv-cyclins may contribute to the development of WDS or WEH. In support of this hypothesis, we show that rv-cyclin transcripts are made in developing WDS and WEH and that the rv-cyclin of WDSV induces cell cycle progression in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). WEHV1, WEHV2, and WDSV are the first examples of retroviruses that encode cyclin homologs. WEH and WDS and their associated retroviruses represent a novel paradigm of retroviral tumor induction and, importantly, tumor regression.
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- L A LaPierre
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Goode BL, Drubin DG, Lappalainen P. Regulation of the cortical actin cytoskeleton in budding yeast by twinfilin, a ubiquitous actin monomer-sequestering protein. J Cell Biol 1998; 142:723-33. [PMID: 9700161 PMCID: PMC2148182 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.3.723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/1998] [Revised: 06/24/1998] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Here we describe the identification of a novel 37-kD actin monomer binding protein in budding yeast. This protein, which we named twinfilin, is composed of two cofilin-like regions. In our sequence database searches we also identified human, mouse, and Caenorhabditis elegans homologues of yeast twinfilin, suggesting that twinfilins form an evolutionarily conserved family of actin-binding proteins. Purified recombinant twinfilin prevents actin filament assembly by forming a 1:1 complex with actin monomers, and inhibits the nucleotide exchange reaction of actin monomers. Despite the sequence homology with the actin filament depolymerizing cofilin/actin-depolymerizing factor (ADF) proteins, our data suggests that twinfilin does not induce actin filament depolymerization. In yeast cells, a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-twinfilin fusion protein localizes primarily to cytoplasm, but also to cortical actin patches. Overexpression of the twinfilin gene (TWF1) results in depolarization of the cortical actin patches. A twf1 null mutation appears to result in increased assembly of cortical actin structures and is synthetically lethal with the yeast cofilin mutant cof1-22, shown previously to cause pronounced reduction in turnover of cortical actin filaments. Taken together, these results demonstrate that twinfilin is a novel, highly conserved actin monomer-sequestering protein involved in regulation of the cortical actin cytoskeleton.
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- B L Goode
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA
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Lappalainen P, Kessels MM, Cope MJ, Drubin DG. The ADF homology (ADF-H) domain: a highly exploited actin-binding module. Mol Biol Cell 1998; 9:1951-9. [PMID: 9693358 PMCID: PMC25446 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.8.1951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/1998] [Accepted: 06/05/1998] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- P Lappalainen
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA
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Hunter T. The Croonian Lecture 1997. The phosphorylation of proteins on tyrosine: its role in cell growth and disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 1998; 353:583-605. [PMID: 9602534 PMCID: PMC1692245 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The reversible phosphorylation of tyrosines in proteins plays a key role in regulating many different processes in eukaryotic organisms, such as growth control, cell cycle control, differentiation cell shape and movement, gene transcription, synaptic transmission, and insulin action. Phosphorylation of proteins is brought about by enzymes called protein-tyrosine kinases that add phosphate to specific tyrosines in target proteins; phosphate is removed from phosphorylated tyrosines by enzymes called protein-tyrosine phosphatases. Phosphorylated tyrosines are recognized by specialized binding domains on other proteins, and such interactions are used to initiate intracellular signaling pathways. Currently, more than 95 protein-tyrosine kinases and more than 55 protein-tyrosine phosphatase genes are known in Homo sapiens. Aberrant tyrosine phosphorylation is a hallmark of many types of cancer and other human diseases. Drugs are being developed that antagonize the responsible protein-tyrosine kinases and phosphatases in order to combat these diseases.
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- T Hunter
- Molecular Biology and Virology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Ryazanov AG, Ward MD, Mendola CE, Pavur KS, Dorovkov MV, Wiedmann M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Parmer TG, Prostko CR, Germino FJ, Hait WN. Identification of a new class of protein kinases represented by eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:4884-9. [PMID: 9144159 PMCID: PMC24600 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.4884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The several hundred members of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily characterized to date share a similar catalytic domain structure, consisting of 12 conserved subdomains. Here we report the existence and wide occurrence in eukaryotes of a protein kinase with a completely different structure. We cloned and sequenced the human, mouse, rat, and Caenorhabditis elegans eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase (eEF-2 kinase) and found that with the exception of the ATP-binding site, they do not contain any sequence motifs characteristic of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily. Comparison of different eEF-2 kinase sequences reveals a highly conserved region of approximately 200 amino acids which was found to be homologous to the catalytic domain of the recently described myosin heavy chain kinase A (MHCK A) from Dictyostelium. This suggests that eEF-2 kinase and MHCK A are members of a new class of protein kinases with a novel catalytic domain structure.
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- A G Ryazanov
- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Maestrini E, Tamagnone L, Longati P, Cremona O, Gulisano M, Bione S, Tamanini F, Neel BG, Toniolo D, Comoglio PM. A family of transmembrane proteins with homology to the MET-hepatocyte growth factor receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:674-8. [PMID: 8570614 PMCID: PMC40111 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.2.674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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In hunting for unknown genes on the human X chromosome, we identified a cDNA in Xq28 encoding a transmembrane protein (SEX) of 1871 amino acids. SEX shares significant homology with the extracellular domain of the receptors encoded by the oncogenes MET, RON, and SEA [hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor family]. Further screenings of cDNA libraries identified three additional sequences closely related to SEX: these were named SEP, OCT, and NOV and were located on human chromosomes 3p, 1, and 3q, respectively. The proteins encoded by these genes contain large cytoplasmic domains characterized by a distinctive highly conserved sequence (SEX domain). Northern blot analysis revealed different expression of the SEX family of genes in fetal tissues, with SEX, OCT, and NOV predominantly expressed in brain, and SEP expressed at highest levels in kidney. In situ hybridization analysis revealed that SEX has a distinctive pattern of expression in the developing nervous system of the mouse, where it is found in postmitotic neurons from the first stages of neuronal differentiation (9.5 day postcoitus). The SEX protein (220 kDa) is glycosylated and exposed at the cell surface. Unlike the receptors of the HGF family, p220SEX, a MET-SEX chimera or a constitutively dimerized TPR-SEX does not show tyrosine kinase activity. These data define a gene family (SEX family) involved in the development of neural and epithelial tissues, which encodes putative receptors with unexpected enzymatic or binding properties.
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- E Maestrini
- Institute of Genetics Biochemistry and Evolution, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pavia, Italy
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